On Jul 19, 2012, at 3:17 AM, Matthew Paul Thomas <m...@canonical.com> wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Colton Allen wrote on 25/06/12 18:35: >> >> Reference Link >> <http://screencloud.net/img/screenshots/63c76ce1e289641269926a722b0c82bc.png> >> >> >> > The panel's shadow should not overlay over non-focused applications. >> The panel's shadow is used for distinguishing the panel from the >> desktop. It is not for distinguishing between focused and >> non-focused applications. Applications already have their own >> focused and non-focused theme states. The shadow's overlay >> distracts from my overall experience and presents a hierarchy of >> focused applications > panel > non-focused applications. >> Applications should always take the forefront. > > I don't think it's true that "The shadow's overlay ... presents a > hierarchy of focused applications > panel > non-focused applications". > > When I look at your screenshot, I see the menu bar and the focused > window at exactly the same level, and unfocused windows on > successively lower levels: > > you > > > > [menu bar] [focused window] > > [unfocused window] > > [unfocused window] > > ====================== desktop ===================== > > When you say "Applications should always take the forefront", that > would mean the menu bar is below all windows: > > you > > > > [focused window] > > [unfocused window] > > [unfocused window] > > [menu bar] > > ====================== desktop ===================== > > But then, what happens when you open a menu from the menu bar? The > menu appears on top of every window. (If it didn't, you couldn't use > it whenever there was a window in the same place.) That would make no > visual sense if the menu was being opened from a menu bar that was > below every window: > > you > > __[menu]_____________ > / > \ [focused window] > \ > \ [unfocused window] > \ > \ [unfocused window] > _[title]__/ > [menu bar] > > ====================== desktop ===================== > > But it makes perfect sense if the menu bar is level with the top window: > > you > > > _[title]_[menu]_____________ > [menu bar] [focused window] > > [unfocused window] > > [unfocused window] > > ====================== desktop ===================== > > - -- > mpt > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAlAHwpgACgkQ6PUxNfU6ecrVRgCgiiUeSwGZ11iKsiG518Jj/SCG > Dj4AnihEHZOG0GlR6j67+PYRt+GQnrbB > =J6Ap > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design > Post to : unity-design@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~unity-design > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp What's wrong with the way it currently is (in Precise)? I like it that way, and I haven't ever heard people complain about it. If it ain't broken, don't fix it! -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design Post to : unity-design@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~unity-design More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
